Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:08:35 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Ann Hansen talks shite
From: "Kristopher Barrett" <kbarrett-AT-cotse.com>


> Substitute "women's rights" or "queer rights" or "environmentalism" in
> the  above paragraph for "animal rights" and you can see the narrow
> anarchist  bible Brother Dave is preaching from. The fact is that
> anarchism is an ever  evolving philosophy which is about more than just
> "class war" politics. Even  if you are a meat-eating anarchist who
> doesn't care about animal rights, you  would have to admit that animal
> rights is an important thing to many  anarchists and that it relates to
> anarchism because it is about power  relationships in our societies and
> the bigger world.

I don't think anyone here ( I hope ) is for torturing animals, enslaving
women, or bashing queers.

These are things that most anarchists oppose, yes. But certainly not the
main point of anarchism ... other than our guess that the state and
corporate causes of most such bad behavior will come to an end.

-- 
Regards,
Kristopher Barrett    http://www.cotse.net/users/kbarrett